Improved spring bed-bottom



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N. PETERS, PHOTO-UTKOGRAPHER, WASHINGTON. Dv

i are Tiaras GEORGE SOHOTT, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVED SPRING BED-BOTTOM.

To all. whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, GEORGE SoHo'r'r, of the city and State ofNew York, have invented, made, and applied to use a certain new and useful Improvement in Spring Bed-Bottoms; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the said invention, reference being had to the annexeddrawings, making part of this specification, wherein-- Figure l is a longitudinal section of my said spring-bottom as applied to a bedstead. Fig. 2 is an inverted plan of the same, and Fig. 3 represents, in larger size, one of the cross pieces with the stud, hook, slat, and spring I employ.

Similar marks of reference denote the same parts.

India-rubber loops and straps have been employed for suspending the slats of bedbottoms, as may be seen in the patent of G. Schott and J. London, granted June 7, 1859.

The nature of my said invention consists in a cross-bar, carrying studs made as hooks at their upper ends, in combination with hooks depending from the under sides of the slats, and with an elastic cord or strap passing through the respective hooks, whereby the elasticity of the said cord under tension gives the spring to the slats, and said slats are free to play up or down, and the studs cannot project but little above the surface of the slats, because the cross-bar would sustain the slats, and this prevents undue strain on the rubber or elastic cord, rendering the same more durable, and also preventing the bedbottom from falling in case the rubber should be cut or broken.

In the drawings, a a represent the head and foot guards of any ordinary bedstead, and

b b the side rails. c c are cross-bars sustained at the ends in flanged sockets d d, screwed upon I) b, so that said cross-bars may be lifted out, if desired. 6 e are studs of metal secured in and rising above these bars 0 0, which studs are formed with a rounded hook at their upper ends. f f are the slats of the bedstead,

on the under sides'of which hooks g g are ends of the slats, sustain said slats much better than if they were at the very end of the slats, because the portion of the slats between the pints of support is much shorter, hence said slats will not be bent by the weight, but will yield by the stretching of the elastic cord h, and it this cord h should break from overstrain or injury the bed-bottom would still be sustained by the slats resting on the crosspieces 0 c.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The cross-bars c c and hooked studs 6 e, in.

combination with the pending hooks g g on the slats ff, and the elastic cord or strap h, for the purposes and snbstantiallyas specified. In witness'whereot I have hereunto set my signature this 3d day of October, A. D. 1863.

GEO. SGHOT'I. Witnesses LEMUEL W. SERRELL, UHAs. B. SMITH. 

